Professional Activities:

Educational Activities

Temple University Hospital

Director of Inpatient and Ambulatory Hepatology rotations for Internal Medicine Residents

November 2014-present

Invited expert

EarlyUse of TIPS in Patients with Cirrhosis and Variceal Bleeding,Internal Medicine Residency Journal Club. December 2014

Invited Lecturer

ChronicHepatitis and Chronic Liver Disease.Gastroenterology Core Curriculum for second year Medical Students, Temple University School of Medicine. February 12, 2015

Presentations

• “The impact of hyponatremia on the outcomes of wait-listed and transplanted patients with liver cirrhosis” Oral presentation, Liver Plenary Session, American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting. October 17-22, 2014. Philadelphia, PA.
• “Chronic Hepatitis and Chronic Liver Disease” Lecture for Second Year Medical Students. Temple Medical School Core Corriculum. February
• ”Hepatitis C; introduction, diagnosis, treatment and recent guidelines” Senior talk for house staff at the University Hospital, CWRU (2013)
• ”How to conduct a systematic review” Senior talk for house staff at the University Hospital, CWRU (2013) and Damascus University (2009)
• ”Child abuse in Damascus and the effects on the child” presented at the lecture’s center at Damascus Medical school (2007)
• ”Dysphagia, approach and management” presentation during a GI review course inDamascus. And variety of medical presentations at Damascus medical school, Case Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic.

Volunteer experience

• Moderator in the clinical forum in the Syrian medical students website (www.hakeem-sy.org) and the hematology forum moderator (2007-2009)
• Damascus University- Collage of Medicine; during the summer of 2007, I participated in a university -based program to upgrade the health care delivery system in some rural areas in Syria. We used to see patients with different kinds of illnesses, made physical examination, and taught them about primary health care prevention. This medical program was under the supervision of Damascus University professors.